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Psychedelic Paul
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It always Feels Good to Me to give warm praise to some of our much-loved prog artists, and this time it's the turn of the legendary One of a Kind drummer, Bill Bruford. It Seems Like a Lifetime Ago since he was a member of YES and King Crimson, bands of which he was A Part, and Yet Apart from at various times. In the late 1970's, his beloved Jazz Fusion project came to fruition in the form of Bruford. The third and final mysteriously-titled Bruford album, Gradually Going Tornado (1980), was apparently named after an exhibit by an obscure Romanian artist displayed at a London art gallery in 1974. Bill Bruford teamed up with keyboard wizard Patrick Moraz in the mid-1980's for two experimental albums of Music for Piano and Drums, and the Flags were flying high again for Bill in the late-80's when All Heaven Broke Loose in the progosphere for the long-awaited Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe album in 1989. Bill was back to his old Stamping Ground of Jazz Fusion in 1987 with the formation of Earthworks, a band you can really Dig. Bill Bruford continues to impress with Master Strokes of drumming prowess well into the 21st century, and to The Sound of Surprise from many of his fans, he released a traditional acoustic jazz quartet album in 2001. Finally, if you're still In Two Minds about Bill Bruford, then check out any of his jazzy Footloose and Fancy Free albums at the links below.
Bill Bruford's Albums 1978: Bruford - Feels Good to Me - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIElvPyMSLUJ3xINuWUhotW 1979: Bruford - One of a Kind - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJBS8NzfrqsFU42gOHn6gV_ 1979: Bruford - The Bruford Tapes - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJQ59i_h1TYRdS7a2FWdSnI 1979: Bruford - Rock Goes to College - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIgFKGt962xplsaLQ5mQExS 1980: Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpK2_BFC0-UoF7tCxqjwuuIF 1983: Moraz-Bruford - Music for Piano and Drums - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKJC3Y0REjhrzuAxCoDYkM- 1985: Moraz-Bruford - Flags - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJ1gDBpoiRUChLmVxud4Zu 1987: Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Earthworks - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIMzDx2mM-5GmDKQ_pXCBKQ 1989: Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Dig? - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpI2gVlO2MBOjOlJ6RJexER0 1991: Bill Bruford's Earthworks - All Heaven Broke Loose - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIRUb4d3iwW0zfxPfosqvTF 1994: Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Stamping Ground: Live - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJVkNGiG2BOxXnF7u5RiDiu 1997: Bruford, Towner & Gomez - If Summer Had Its Ghosts - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIn-IqucItCmQ1CZEazIFDS 1998: Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIVtH7JPIpVGO05csJO7f5p 1999: Bill Bruford's Earthworks - A Part, and Yet Apart - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLC6cU0I50sSGRP7sJ6nVwC 2000: Bruford Levin Upper Extremities - B.L.U.E. Nights - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpJFFJKw6BpAndNPm177S-81 2001: Bill Bruford's Earthworks - The Sound of Surprise - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpLKqFjeOm_43NUFR9exNTHM 2002: Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Footloose and Fancy Free - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIHpA9eeID9JkbVASKl9SLN 2004: Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Random Acts of Happiness - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpK-pzx_K-NOJKcIzR6lMI3o 2005: Bruford & Borstlap - In Concert in Holland - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpL5hD2oYSRyRE1vdzvORYZk 2006: Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Earthworks Underground Orchestra - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpKC00rmZ5QiJvIV9U_kLTMb 2007: Bruford & Borstlap - In Two Minds - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIJmhlUUAut2sOlj3d_qdHe
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Meh. I'll stick with his recordings from Yes and King Crimson.
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I have the first 3 solo lp's and I quite like them...also interested in the Earthworks series and other jazz fuson things but never bought any....yet.
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Starting with a favourite song and video from the first album....
Adios a la Pasada - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_TaS3ukydpIElvPyMSLUJ3xINuWUhotW Edited by Psychedelic Paul - January 26 2021 at 13:17 |
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I must confess, I'd never listened to any Bill Bruford albums before today, so I have a lot of catching up to do.
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Really? Some of the stuff he did with Holdsworth is amazing. |
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I had master strokes which was a best of compilation on vinyl. I lent it to my dad and never saw it again. He either lost it or gave it away. Anyway, I never heard much of his solo stuff but I think some of it was good. I met him after an Earthworks show and he was a little bit temperamental. Still a great drummer though.
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I have his albums with, Yes King Crimson UK Earthworks and a few of the solo albums... |
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Feels Good to Me and One of a Kind are awesome. Great stuff.
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Agreed |
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Bruford - One of a Kind (1979)
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Well, I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt. That said, he did seem like a bit of a hot head or maybe he was just in a bad mood that night. Not sure.
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This is probably my favourite of his solo tracks -
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Bruford - Rock Goes to College (1979) |
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Bruford - The Bruford Tapes (1979) |
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Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado (1980)
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All 3 Bruford studio albums are incredible - especially Feels good to me and One of a kind.
I also love his Earthworks - great stuff.
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I'm looking forward to digging into all of the Earthworks albums for the first time tomorrow.
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Moraz-Bruford - Music for Piano and Drums (1983) |
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